Noiembrie 19, 2011

Israel warns of “Islamic Empire” in Middle East

This is EXACTLY what Israel wants, or at least the apperance of it, in order to justify gong to war with her neighbors inteh same way she did in 1967, the intended end result of which being grabbing more land. REMEMBER FOLKS, the ‘biblical mandate’ for Israel is EVERYTHING BETWEEN THE NILE AND EUPHRATES RIVERS, encompassing ALL of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, parts of Saudi Arabia and the Egyptian Sinai.

The head of Israel’s defense ministry’s diplomatic-security bureau warned of a possible “Islamic empire” if Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad were to be ousted. Amos Gilad said that the removal of the Syrian leader would lead to a “devastating crisis for Israel.”

His comments come as violence in Syria reached new heights this week, with over 70 people being killed in one day alone. The Arab League has suspended Damascus over the violence, which the United Nations estimates to have left over 3,500 people dead, while other rights groups say the number is much higher.

If Assad is ousted by the popular revolt, Gilad said that the Middle East would be facing an Islamic empire led by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Jordan and Syria.

His fearmongering continued, when he said that wars could arise and Israel would be threatened by “wars with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, Syria and Jordan if the Syrian Revolution succeeds in overthrowing al-Assad’s regime.”

He argued that the Brotherhood, one of Egypt’s largest political organizations, with branches in Jordan and Syria, “aims to eliminate Israel and build an Islamic empire controlling” the entire region and destroy Israel.

“Israel feels the dangers coming from Egypt, so it decided to develop relations with Turkey so it will not have to fight Muslims, which would certainly cause the end of Israel,” Gilad added.

However, Gilad gave no specific evidence that any of the groups in the region are mobilizing an offensive against Israel.

“There are facts on the ground, they (Qatar) give money to some parties, the Islamist parties. They give money and weapons and they try to meddle in issues that do not concern them and we reject that,” Shalgam told Reuters on the sidelines of a conference in the Moroccan city Tangier.

“The Qatari state is still providing assistance to some (Libyan) parties and they are giving them money and we reject this totally,” he added.

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Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood holds their first congress in Benghazi after 25 years

Al Arabiya

Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood, repressed under the regime of fallen strongman Muammar Qaddafi, has opened its first public congress inside the country for almost 25 years.

“This is a historic day for us and for the Libyan people,” its leader Suleiman Abdelkader told AFP at the opening late Thursday of the three-day congress in the eastern city of Benghazi.

Brotherhood officials said it was their first public meeting inside Libya in almost quarter of a century, although it met underground during Qaddafi’s rule for fear of reprisals or held their congress abroad.

The meeting of about 700 people was at a wedding hall in Benghazi, the eastern city where the revolt against Qaddafi began.

The congress was due to elect a leader and discuss strategy, notably whether to form a political party, said Abdelkader.

The Brotherhood supports the idea of a “civil” state but founded on Islamic values, he said. “This country belongs to all its people and everybody must participate in its construction.”

Next elections

Rebuilding Libya is not a task for one group or one party but for everyone, based on their ability Suleiman Abdelkader, head of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood As Libya emerges from a bloody civil war, many observers believe the next elections could pit religious political groups against secular parties, with better-organized Islamists such as the Brotherhood having a tactical advantage. “Rebuilding Libya is not a task for one group or one party but for everyone, based on their ability,” Abdelkader said.

His remarks appeared to be an expression of support for the idea of a technocratic interim government, which Abdurrahim al-Keib, the prime minister designate, is trying to assemble by a Tuesday deadline. Abdelkader would not, however, be drawn on whether the Brotherhood wanted one of its members to be part of the interim cabinet, which is due to organize elections in June to a constituent assembly. “Maybe some (members) will join based on their qualifications and ability. But for this time period we will not join as a party,” he told Reuters after his speech. The slickly organized event was heavy in revolutionary references, with the stage draped in the new national colors and speeches given by guest speakers from Tunisian moderate Islamist party Ennahda and Syria’s banned Muslim Brotherhood. There was also a general mood of celebration for a movement that was founded in 1949 but which organizers said had not held a public meeting in Libya until now. “I feel great. It’s freedom. It’s like a dream for us,” said Abdallah Dahmani, a 65 year-old university lecturer in chemistry. Many delegates, like Dahmani, were intellectuals with advanced degrees and spoke fluent English.

Secrecy

We have reached an agreement that candidates from the thwar (civilian rebels) will receive certain very specific portfolios Abdelkarim Belhaj, head of the military council in Tripoli Members interviewed by Reuters had often joined decades ago and had either lived abroad or were forced to keep their membership secret for fear of arrest, torture and imprisonment. After so many years of secrecy, they said they were eager to show the Libyan public that there was nothing sinister about their group ̶ an offshoot of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, that country’s most popular and organized political force. “There’s nothing secret. We’re not planning to destroy the country,” said Abdou Majid Saleh Musbah, 56, an engineer from Tripoli who joined the movement in 1979. Meanwhile, Abdelkarim Belhaj, the former jihadist who heads the military council in the Libyan capital, said on Thursday that a deal had been reached with the ruling National Transitional Council for former civilian rebels to sit in the country’s new cabinet.

”We have reached an agreement that candidates from the thwar (civilian rebels) will receive certain very specific portfolios,” Belhaj said at the start of a military parade, without elaborating.

“We hope that these promises will be kept,” added the man, whom Libyan media have suggested is among the leading candidates for the defense ministry.